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Definition of Scomberesox saurus
1. Noun. Slender long-beaked fish of temperate Atlantic waters.
Generic synonyms: Teleost, Teleost Fish, Teleostan
Group relationships: Genus Scomberesox, Genus Scombresox, Scomberesox, Scombresox
Lexicographical Neighbors of Scomberesox Saurus
Literary usage of Scomberesox saurus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A manual of British vertebrate animals: Or Descriptions of All the Animals by Leonard Jenyns (1835)
"Faun. p. 105. Neill in Wern. Mem. vol. I. p. 541. Don. Brit. Fish. vol. v. pi.
116. Lacertus vel Saurus, Will. Hist. Pise. p. 232. scomberesox saurus, Flem. ..."
2. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia (1920)
"... scomberesox saurus (Walbaum). Newport, RI; Cape Cod, Mass. Three from the
Atlantic in the Bonaparte Collection. ..."
3. The Natural History of Ireland by William Thompson, James R. Garrett, George Dickie (1856)
"THE SAURY-PIKE, SAURY, OR SKIPPER, scomberesox saurus, Flem., Has been taken (but
very rarely) on the North and East coasts. Sampson includes it in his ..."
4. The Philippine Islands, 1493-1803: Explorations by Early Navigators by Emma Helen Blair, James Alexander Robertson, Edward Gaylord Bourne (1906)
"... or the scomberesox saurus of Europe and America, both of which feed in large
schools and jump from the water to escape their enemies. ..."
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